The Nation - News from Sept. 12, 1985
Veterans Administration hospitals would begin billing private insurance companies, and some former GIs would have to pay part of their medical costs for the first time, under a House Committee proposal. The House Veterans Affairs Committee voted 14 to 12 to approve the legislation, which was a bipartisan proposal aimed at achieving $300 million in VA savings to meet requirements of the fiscal 1986 budget. The bill would set a deductible--up to $476 a year in 1986--to be paid by VA patients who have a family income of more than $25,000.
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